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"I think he'd been looking for Paul": Eric Idle gives horrifying account of George Harrison stabbing

Monty Python star Eric Idle reflects on the 1999 attack on The Beatles' George Harrison, in the latest episode of The Adam Buxton Podcast

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“I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles

Featuring "atrocious" bass-playing by John Lennon

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Eric Idle: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! review – mock’n’roll star’s night of nostalgia

The Monty Python man revisits his remarkable career, with songs dedicated to George Harrison and Robin Williams – and some ribbing of John Cleese

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“I will never forget it as long as I live. I got to play Blackbird with him”: Paul Mescal had to learn guitar left-handed to play Paul McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biopic – but also got to jam with him

Mescal is set to star alongside Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison in the highly-anticipated four-part Beatles biopic

Guitar World

Motörhead: 50 Years Louder - A celebration, only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Robert Plant, Terry Reid, Grand Funk Railroad, Luke Morley, Spinal Tap, George Harrison, W.A.S.P, Vernon Reid and more

Louder

TV tonight: Domhnall Gleeson tries to save a failing newspaper in new mockumentary

The Gervais- and Merchant-produced comedy The Paper pokes fun at US journalism. Plus, Mitchell and Webb reunite for a new sketch show. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Paul Mescal thinks it's 'crazy' to be playing Sir Paul McCartney

Paul Mescal thinks it is "crazy" that he's hung out with Sir Paul McCartney and will play the Beatles legend on film.

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Five Great Reads: deadly reporting, Netflix algorithms and a bullish food critic

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

The Guardian - AU

Rearview Mirror at the Gagosian review: This glimpse of the Fab Four is really something

4/5 This collection of Paul McCartney’s photographs, taken over a two-month span before their fame took off, is simply fascinating

Evening Standard

“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market

Harris turned the used guitar market on its head, despite the skepticism of many industry peers

Guitar World

Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

The Guardian - UK

New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall

Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print

The Independent UK

Beatles Anthology compilations, documentary and book all restored, revamped, repackaged and reissued this autumn

But still no Carnival Of Light

MusicRadar

Previously unheard Beatles tracks to accompany new Peter Jackson documentary episode

Songs announced as ‘The Anthology’ series, long-hailed as the definitive documentary about the Fab Four, is set to stream exclusively on Disney+

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Unreleased Beatles songs will feature on new Anthology compilation

Beatles fans will get to hear 13 previously unreleased songs on a new Anthology compilation which is being released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Anthology documentary TV series and albums.

The Guardian - UK

The Beatles Anthology to be remastered by Peter Jackson’s company

A remastered version of the classic 90s docuseries will launch in November, 30 years after the original series was broadcast, with an episode of new material on Disney+ – alongside an album of rare and unreleased recordings

The Guardian - UK

Bobby Whitlock obituary

Rock musician who formed the band Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton and also worked with George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

Roger K Burton obituary

Founder of the Horse Hospital arts centre in London who also styled pop videos and films, including Absolute Beginners

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“I was a Marshall guy back then. Now I literally cannot listen to Marshalls”: How Jeff Beck inspired former Joan Jett and the Blackhearts guitarist Ricky Byrd to switch from Marshall stacks to Fender combos

Byrd was a total Marshall stan, but witnessing Jeff Beck at the Iridium in New York changed his mind

MusicRadar

“RIP Bobby”: Eric Clapton pays tribute to Bobby Whitlock, the Memphis musician who sang and played keyboards in Derek and the Dominos and recorded with George Harrison

Whitlock also supported Rita Coolidge’s claim that she should have received a writing credit on Layla

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Derek And The Dominos co-founder Bobby Whitlock dead at 77

Musician Bobby Whitlock has passed away following a "brief illness".

The Independent UK

Bobby Whitlock death: Derek and the Dominos co-founder dies aged 77

The singer and keyboardist also played on George Harrison's ‘All Things Must Pass’, among many other classic recordings

Louder

Derek And The Dominos keyboard player Bobby Whitlock dead at 77

He played with Eric Clapton and George Harrison

MusicRadar

“They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous”: How the Beatles won over America with one performance

We look back on that magical night when John, Paul, George and Ringo entranced a grieving nation and fired up the engine of Beatlemania stateside

Guitar World

“I didn’t know their tunes, but we played some Chuck Berry and reggae, then Paul McCartney said, ‘What are you doing for the next few years?’” How Laurence Juber went from winning a Grammy with Wings to landing a hit record with Harry Styles

The British guitar veteran explains what made George Harrison different, how he returned to Number 1 with Harry Styles after 25 years away, and why Wings’ Back to the Egg needs to be re-evaluated

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